Machine for making cell-cases



No. 609,684. Patented Aug. 23, I898. H. l. LAHR.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL GASES.

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No. 609,684. Patented Aug. 23, I898. H. I. LAHR.

MACHINE 'FORMAK'ING CELL CASES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKlNG CELL GASES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKIN'GCELL GASES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL CASES.

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H LAHR. MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL CASES.

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No. 609,684. Patented Aug. 23, I898. H. l. LAHR.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL CASES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL CASES.

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HARRY I. LAHR, or LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CELL-CASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,684, dated August23, 1898.

Application filed July 31, 1897. Serial No. 646,600. (No model.)

- ette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture ofCell-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of cell-cases used for thepacking and transportation of eggs, fruit, and other'articlesmanufactured from strawboard orother suitable material formed intostrips, assembled in sets,

and interlocked by means of partial crosscuts in the strips, formingcompartments to receive the eggs and other articles singly.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved machine for themanufacture of cell-cases from a roll or rolls of suitable materialwhich will admit a continuous movement of the material from the momentthe strips are delivered from the cutting-rolls until the cell-cases arefinished and delivered from the machine.

A further object of my invention is to construct a machine for thepurpose specified which may be run at a high rate of speed, will'besimple, strong, and not subject to derangement or breakage of parts, andwhich will operate in an effective manner to securely interlock thestrips without breaking or dam aging them in any way.

My invention consists generally in a ma chine provided with means forpunching the materialdrawn from the rolls to form suitable interlockingslots and incisions, for cutting the strips therefrom transversely insets; for carrying said strip sets from opposite sides of the machine,for delivering each set to corresponding "continuously moving carrierswhich bring the interlocking strip sets together, and for deliveringthem from the machine in an uninterrupted and rapid manner, 7 3

My invention further consists in an improved machine for makingcell-case strips in sets out transversely fromrolls of material andforcutting alternate sheets from said material to form partition-boardswhich are conducted away from the machine, while the sets of cell-casestrips are brought together 'in which it comes from the machine.

from opposite sides of the machine and interlocked in a continuousmanner.

My invention further consists in a machine embodying certainconstructions and combinations of parts which will admit of the completeand effective'execution of the operations referred to and hereinafterparticularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved machine;Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged side elevation ofone end of the machine, showing the principal parts covered by theframein dotted lines; Fig. 4:,3111 enlarged longitudinal section of theopposite end of the machine in the central line thereof; Fig. 5, avertical sectional elevation of one end of the machine in line a: as ofFig. 4t; Fig. 6, an enlarged end elevation of part of the frame, showingthree carriers, two of them open and in receiving position and one ofthem closed and partly turned; Fig. 7, a vertical section in line y y ofFig. 6; Fig. 8, a similar section in line z z of Fig. 6; Fig. 9, aplanof parts of the frame, showing the tape transmission mechanism; Fig. 10,a transverse section of like partsof the frame, showing an end elevationof the tape-transmission mechanism; Fig. 11, aperspective view of anordinary cell-case complete; Fig. 12, a plan view of a cell-case withthe strips held in the preferred position for interlocking them; Fig.13, an enlarged plan of the cell-case in the position igs. 14. and 15are enlarged side elevations, respect-ively, of the male and femalecell-case strips; Fig. 16, a diagram of a set of punched cell-stripsbefore they are separated; Fig. 17, a similar view of said strips afterthey have been separated and delivered to the transmission-tapes; Fig.18, a plan of the blank sheet or cell-partition; Fig. 19, a verticalsection through the shaft of one of the carriers, showing the inclinedguide-rail and grip-opcrating rail with the cell-case partly removedfromthe carrier; Fig. 20, an elevation in detail of theback of one ofthe carriers and carrier-shaft, showing the means for releas= ing thegrippers whenthe cell-cases are removed from the carrier; Fig. 21, adetail showing the switch and adjacent mechanism;

Fig. 22, an enlarged front elevation in detail of the face of one of thecarriers in position to carry and interlock the strips with the shaftshown in? dotted lines and the gripplates closed; Fig. 23, a similarview of one of the said carriers in position on its shaft to receive thestrips with the grip-plates open, the carrier and grip-plates beingpartly shown by dotted lines; Fig. 24, an enlarged'end elevation of oneof the carriers, with four of the grip-plates shown by full lines closedand with three of said grip-plates shown as open; Fig. 25, an enlargedelevation ofthe carriershaft with certain parts of the carrier shown indotted lines and with the sliding plate for opening the wedge-platesalso shown by dotted lines; Fig. 26, a longitudinal sectional elevationof a part of said shaft sliding-plate, and carrier base-plate; Fig. 27,an enlarged detail of the gearing for operating the feedrollerandtransmission-tapeshaft-s; and Fig. 28, a sectional detail of one of thecarriers and its shaft in line t of Fig. 22, showing the latch forholding the carrier longitudinally upon the shaft, as shown in Fig. 22,and crosswise of theshaft, as shown in Fig. 23.

A suitable frame 1, consisting of oppositelydisposed sidesections 1 a ateither end,supports the cutting and transmission feed mechanism, andsimilar intermediate sections 1 provide suitable housings for thecarriers and mechanism for interlocking the cell-case strips.

An upper punching-cylinder 2 and a lower die-cylinder3 are eachprovided, respectively,

with sets of punches and dies arranged there on with intermediateblanksections, andsimilar rollers 4 and 5 are provided, havingknivesarranged lengthwise of the rollerslto cut the material fed in acontinuous sheet thereto into sets of transverse strips 6, each set toform one of the interlocking sections of a cell-' -case,'the saidcontinuous sheetbeing also separated into blanks or rectangular sheets'7 between each set of cell-strips, thus providing intervals during thecontinuous transmission of the material for the sets to be placed inseparate, successive, and continuously-moving carriers 8, which carryand interlock the cellsets of strips 6 together.

Thestrips 6, which form the cell-cases, are made with the usual slotsand notches and are preferably formed as shown in Figs. 14 and 15, themale strips ct engaging with the female strips 1), and when-lockedtogether form the rectangular'system'of cross-strips shown in :Fig. 11.

A chute-plate 9 is secured transversely and ported transversely to themachine by means of. journal-bearin-gsin the side frames, the tapesbeing directed in any suitable direction to carry off the material, suchas blank partition-boards, which are separated from the endless sheet"between each set of strips. This is accomplished by means of a switch11, consisting of a set of fingers 11*, secured to a rock-shaft 11",having a crank-arm 11, which engages, by means of a roller 11, upon theend thereof .with a cam-groove 5 in the face of the lower knife-roller5. When the switch-fingers are in their horizontal position,

" the set of strips will be carried freely over them to the initialfeed-rollers 12 12 and delivered to the separating feed-rollers, whichcarry the receiving ends of transmission-tapes 14, the latter serving toconduct the strips from the initial feed-rollers to the carriers.

The strip sets A are completely severed from the partition-boards B byknives 5", which extend completely across the material, while theknives5 ,which separate the several strips 6 in the set from each other,have small notches cut from the said-knives to leave the strips butpartlyseparated from each other, the short uncut portions 6 left by thenotch es of the knives serving to hold the strips intact or together insets-sufficient to make onesection of the cell-case. The strip-sets arethus carried-smoothlyand with great precision to the initialfeed-rollers 12 12 and are delivfeed-rollers, thereby causing each stripto be successively severed from the next following strip, as shown, inFig. 17, and passed forward a suitable distance to-separate the saidstrip and successive strips from one another to thus deliver the stripsin parallel lines at short intervals, one following the other, be-

tween the tapes and in suitable order to be easily transferred to thecarriers, which are moved across their path at the delivery ends of thetapes. The material between each set of sheets or strip-sheet is outcompletely across to provide intermediate rectangular sheets, which maybe used for partition-boards B, as shown in Fig. 18, thus utilizing thematerial completelyand providing a space interval between each set ofstrips.

The feed-rollers 12 12 are geared together by gear-pinions 12 12 and areconnected by an intermediate gear 32 with a spur-gear 34 on theroller-shaft 4*, and spur-gear 33, of larger diameter, also carried bysaid shaft 4*, is connected by an intermediate gear 31 with the upperone of the gear-pinions 13 upon the shaft 13 of the transmission-tapes,a simi lar gear-pinion l3 engaging with the pinion 13 of shaft 13 of thelower transmissiontapes, thus driving the said transmissiontapes at agreater speed than that of the feedrollers and providing means forseparating thestrips, as hereinbefore described.

The tapes l4 are-supported at their receiving ends in circumferentialgrooves in said separating feed-rollers 13 13", and are then conductedto and around tape-pulleys 16,

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which are supported upon the journals of brackets 16*, carried bytransverse zigzag frame-bars 16 bolted at their ends to the side framesof the machine. The tapes are thus arranged to receive the strips fromthe horizontal separating-rollers and deliver them at anangle thereto,as clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10, and thus adapt them to be placedbetween the inclined grip-plates 8 8 of the carriers 8. The angulardelivery of the strips to the carriers is required because of thediamond shaped outline of the carriers, this shape being the result ofinterlocking the strips at an angle other than a right angle, whichposition renders the strips less liable to mutilation while beinginterlocked.

The carriers are pivotally supported upon shafts 17, carriedhorizontally by lug projections 18 upon the inner sides of endless linkbelts 18, which pass over link-belt-carrying wheels 19 upon horizontalshafts 20, supported in bearings 20 affixed to the intermediate sections1 of the frame. The upper bearings 20 are made adjustable in slottedopenings 1 of the intermediate section of the frame, by which means thechains may always be kept at proper tension.

The shaft 17 of the carriers is jourualed in the lug projectioris 1 8 ofthe linkbelts and are conducted upwardly upon the outer side anddownwardly upon the inner side of the frames to approach each other uponthe said inner sides of the frames, and the shaft 17 and link belts 18are prevented from swaying or moving out of afiXed path by means offriction-rollers 17 upon the shafts, near the ends thereof, which areheld upon guideplates 21, secured by posts 21 to the side pieces of theintermediate sections 1 of the frame. The guide-plates 21 upon the inneroppositely-disposed sides are inclined both from above and below at 2121 to meet a straight vertically-arranged section 21 thereof, which thuscauses the carriers to move toward each other from opposite sides whenthe cell sets are to be brought together, as will hereinafter appear.

The carriers 8 are supported to move in Vertical planes both in theirupward and downward courses by means of short crankarms 22, secured tothe shaft 17 and provided with rollers 22 upon their vibratory ends,which engage with and are held between guide-plates 23, arranged withinand substantially parallel to the guide-plates 21. The guide-plates 21hold the ends of the shaft 17 in their required paths, and guide-plates23, secured to the side pieces of the intermediate frame 1 by posts 23,receive the rollers of the crank-arms 22, and thus hold the carriers tomove in parallel planes and in a fixed path at any required speedwithout causing undue Vibration or harmful strain either upon the linkbelts or upon the gearing.

The carriers 8 have pivot-bolts 8, which pass through the shaft 17 andare held there- On to turn freely therein by the hub 24? of a crank-arm24, which is fitted upon the reduced end of the said bolt 8" and issecured thereon by a nut 8 and the crank-arm 24: has a pin 24 carrying afriction-roller 24, which engages with guide-rails 25 and 20, supportedupon the cross-bars 1 of the frame to swing the carrier at its requiredangle upon the pivot-bolt. The carriers are secured at such angle to thecrank-arms 24 that the grip-plates of the carriers will be held whilethe rollers of the said crank-arms pass over the vertically-disposedsection of the guiderail 25 in a suitable inclined position to receivethe strips as they are delivered from the transmission-tapes, afterwhich the carriers are moved upwardly and then turned upon theirpivot-bolts, by means of the inclined rails 26, to a position at areverse inclination to that occupied while receiving the strips, andthus held While they are passed downwardly upon the inner plane of move:ment, while the corresponding carriers are similarly conducted and heldat an oppositely-inclined position.

The grip-plates of the two interlocking carriers are preferably held atan angle substantiallycorresponding to that shown by the cell-casestrips in Fig. 12 of the drawings, and when the strips are thus broughttogether at an angle'they are much more readily interlocked one with theother, so that no abrupt contact of interlocking edges and surfaces isthus required.

The carriers are held truly in any one of their set angles or positionsupon the shaft by means of spring catch-plates 27 which hold thecarriers securely either in their position to receive the strips byengaging with.

the marginal side of the said carriers opposite the ends of thegrip-plates, as shown in Figs. 6 and 23, or in their position tointerlock the strips, as shown in Fig. 22, by engaging with the lugsupon the underside of said carriers, the tension of the spring beingsufficient to hold the carriers when the latter are not positively actedupon to change their position, the crank-arms and guide-rails havingsufiicient power to break the spring-catch when the position of thecarriers is to be changed.

The grip-plates 8 8 of the carriers 8 are suitably slotted to allowthestrips of the two interlocking carriers to cross each other and alsoto provide open spaces through which the stripping-rods may pass toremove the cell-cases from the carriers, as will hereinafter appear. Oneof the grip-plates 8 is rigidly fixed to the base of the carrier. andthe other grip-plate 8 is hinged thereto by hinges 8, and each hingedgrip-plate is provided with 'a pin 8, which projects through holes inthe carrier-plate, and the said pins are pivotally connected at theirends to a bar 8 which will thus swing across the back of the carrier. Aprojecting lug 8 upon the said bar 8 is caused to abut against acam IOOprojection 17 upon the shaft when the car;

riers are swung around with their grip-plates at an angle to the shaft,as shown by the two lower carriers in Fig. -6, and thus press upon thebar 8 and hold all of the hinged grip plates 8 open to receive thestrips from the transmission-tapes. When the said carriers are swungaround to the angle shown by the upper carrier in Fig. '6, the bar 8will be out of contact with the cam-plate and the hinged plates will beclosed against the fixed plates by means of a suitable spring 8connecting the base-plate with the saidconnecting-bar of the carrier.

The two ends of the machine are alike in every respect, except that theyare arranged oppositely to each other and the male strips are carriedupon one end, while the female strips are carried upon the opposite end.When the carriers pass downwardly toward each other over theinwardly-inclined guide- Way-sections 21, the two sets of cell-stripsare brought together by the carriers, while both are in continuousdownward motion to come together and interlock one with the other incontinuously-approaching parallel planes until the two sections aresecurely locked together, this action being insured while the carrierspass closely locked together down the vertical intermediate sections '21of the guide-plate. While the said sections are passing over the lowerand outwardly-inclined sections 21 of the guide-plates, the carriersrecede from each other, and the cellcases are disengaged therefrom bymeans of.

stripper-rods 30, fixed by plates to the crossbars of the frame, theslots of the carrier grip-plates receiving said stripper-rods, as shownin Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, when the carriers are moved downwardlypast them. The cell-cases being thus stripped from the carriers aredelivered bya chute or belt or anyother suitable means for deliveringthem from the machine in substantially the closedor folded positionshown by Fig. 13 of the drawings. When the cell-cases are to be movedfrom the carriers by the strippers, the hinged grip plates are slightlyopened to relieve the strips of pressure by means of a spur 27 of aplate 27, fitted to slide upon shaft 17 to press upon one of the pins 8of the bar 8 and hold all of the gripplates 8 open. The plate 27 has apin 27, which passes through a longitudinal slot in the shaft 17 and ispressed upon by a trackbar 29, bolted at its ends to the guide-plate 21to press the plate 27 with its spur 27 to push one of the pins 8 of theconnecting-bar, and thus open the grip-plates, the plate 27 being keptnormally drawn toward the outer end of the shaft and away from contactwith the pin 8 by a coiled spring 27 ,conneoting a spur 27 of the plate27 with a pin 17 upon the end of the shaft. Aslot 27 in the end of theplate 27 and a stud-bolt 27", secured to the shaft 17, hold the plateupon the said shaft and allow it to slide thereon. When the pin 27 haspassed the track-bar 29, the

spring 27 will withdraw the spur 27 a from the pin 8 0f the bar 8 andthe spring 8 will pull upon the said bar 8 and close the grip-plates,the latter having been opened just sufliciently to relieve the strips ofpressure while they are being disengaged from the carrier. The carriers,having delivered the cell-cases, will again be turned upon theirpivot-bolts to the inclined position in which they are held when theyreceive the strips from the transmission-tapes.

The various shafts which carry the punching and cutting rollers at theend of the frame are geared together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, and the said shafts are also geared to the shafts which carrythe chainwheels at the base-of the intermediate frame by intermediatetransmission-gearing or in any suitable manner which will insure aproper surface speed to the various rollers, transmission andinterlocking mechanism, as hereinbefore described.

By means of my improved machine 'I am enabled to deliver the material tothe punching and cutting cylinders and from them, in a suitable manner,to rapidly and continuously moving carriers, which both receive anddischarge the cell-cases therefrom without stopping at any part of theoperation and enabling the machine to work at a very high rate of speedwithout injuring the cell-case strips in any way and producingcell-cases very rapidly.

Instead of forming the blank or partition board between each set ofcell-strips the punching and cutting rollers at each end of the machinemay be stopped at suitable intervals to allow the sets of cell-strips tobe delivered to the initial feed-rollers and transmissiontapes atsuitable intervals to deliver them to the carriers at correspondingintervals as the latter are presented one after the other to thedelivery ends of said tapes.

It is evident that changes may be made in certain parts of the mechanismherein described without affecting the operation of other parts whichare particularly specified in the claims. The transmission mechanism,for instance, may be used in connection with carriers which maybeoperated differently, and the carriers may receive the strips by othermeans than that herein shown, and the carriers may be brought togetherwith their grip-plates square with each other without departing from oraffecting other features of my invention, which arehereinafter claimed;but the machine is preferably constructed and operated in the mannershown to produce the best results with a high-speed machine.

The gearing for operating the several sets of mechanism hereinbeforedescribed may be arranged in any preferred manner, the correspondingdevices upon the opposite end of the machine being driven in like mannerand the surface speed of all of the moving parts being the same exceptthat of the transmission-tapes, which are driven at a higher rate ofspeed by means i of intermediate gears, (shown in Fig. 3, partly by fulland partly by dotted lines,) the rollers of the transmissiontapes thusbeing caused to travel more rapidly than the initial feed-rollers. Thestrips will be pulled apart and separated sufficiently to present themsuccessively and at the proper time to the grip-plates of the carriers.

The gearing shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 27 is alikeat each side of thecentral line of the machine and consists of like spur-gears 2 3 upon theshafts of the cylinders 2 and S and similar gears 4 5 upon the shafts ofthe rollers 4 and 5, the gears 3 and 5 being connected by anintermediate gear-wheel 00, suitably supported on the frame. The shaftof the roller 4 carries a gear as, which isconnected by intermediategears r x with a gear 00 upon the shaft of the lower wheels 19 of thecarrier link belts, thus serving to connect the latter with the rollersat the end of the machine. Two intermediate gears or connect the shafts2O 20 of the carrier link belts, and thus connect the two correspondingtrains of gear-Wheels together, any suitable shaft of the system beingdriven in any usual or preferred manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine formaking cell-cases, the combination with cell-stripforming and transmitting mechanisms, of a double set of carrierssupported upon endless chains and moved continuously to present thecarriers first to receive the filler-strips and then to interlock saidstrips while moving continuously.

2. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with two sets ofpaper-carrying rolls and punching and cutting mechanism arrangedrespectively upon opposite ends of the machine to form sets ofinterlocking strips of transmitting mechanism for each of said sets ofstrips, oppositelydisposed carriers supported on link belts which arebrought together to interlock the said strips and means for deliveringthe cell-cases from said carriers, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with two papercarrying rolls, punching and cutting mechanism arranged respectivelyupon opposite ends of the machine to form sets of interlocking stripsand alternate partition-boards between said sets of transmittingmechanism for each of said sets of strips, oppositely-disposed carrierssupported on link belts which are brought together to interlock the saidstrips and means for separating and delivering the partitionboards fromthe machine, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with a set ofhorizontally-arranged rolls, and a set of strip-carriers, of a set oftapes and tape-carriers adapted to transmit said strips from ahorizontal position at the rolls to an inclined position at thecarriers, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with a set ofhorizontally-arranged cell-strip-forming rolls, of a set of endlesstapes and tape-carriers to transmit said cell-strips from a horizontalto an inclined position, and an endless chain having carriers pivotallysupported thereon and adapted to be oscillated from an inclined positionto receive said strips to a second position for delivering said strips,substantially as described.

6. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with a cell-stripforming and transmitting mechanism, of a double set of endless chains,cell-strip carriers pivotally supported thereon, guide-rails upon theframe, an intermediate mechanism adapted to oscillate said carriers frominclined positions to receive said strips to oppositely-inclinedpositions across each other to interlock said strips, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a machine for making cell-cases, the

combination with the frame, of a cellstrip forming and transmittingmechanism, a double set of endless chains carried thereon, each sethaving cell-strip carriers supported thereon, inclined guideways on theframe to engage with said endless chains and bring the carriers togetherfrom opposite sides of the frame, substantially as described.

8. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with the frame,of a cell-strip forming and transmitting mechanism, oppo sitely-disposedendless link belts, two sets of cell-strip carriers supported thereonand brought together to interlock the said strips while said carriersare moving in the same direction adjacent to each other, and fixedstripping-rods arranged in the path of movement of the carriers andadapted to remove the cell-cases from said carriers after the stripshave been put together by the continu-.

ous progressive movement of the carriers and link belts, substantiallyas described.

9. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with thecell-strip forming and transmitting mechanism, of an upright frame,chaiircarrying wheels supported upon transverse shafts to revolvetherein, two pairs of endless chains carried by said wheels, shaftssupported by said chain-carriers, crank-arms secured thereto, guides forholding the ends and directing the travel of said shafts and guides forreceiving the ends of the crank arms which control the oscillatorymovement of the carriers, substantially as described.

10. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination, the uprightframe, the chaincarrying wheels, the endless chains, the shafts andcarriers pivoted thereto, the arms secured to the carriers, theguide-rails for shifting said carriers from one angle to another uponthe shaft, and spring-catches to connect the carriers with the saidshaft when not acted IIO upon by the arms and guide-rails, substan-'tially as described.

11. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with the frame,of the endless chains, the shafts, the carriers pivoted thereto having aset of fixed clamping-plates and a corresponding set of hingedclamping-plates, pins projectingfrom the hinged plates, a bar pivotallyconnected to each of said pins,crankarms on the carriers and guide-railsfor oscillating the same and a stop on the carriershaft for operatingsaid bar and hinged plates, substantially as described.

7 12. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with thecell-strip-forming mechanism, feed-rolls to deliver said stripstherefrom, a system of carriers for conveying, arranging andinterlocking the male and female strips of the cell-cases and atransmission mechanism interposed between the feed-rollers and the saidcarriers comprising initial feed and tape carrying rolls, a set oftape-pulleys arranged at an angle to that of the said feed and tapecarrying rolls and the tapes sion-tapes arranged parallel to thefeed-delivery rolls, and geared at a higher surface speed to separatethe strips with suitable intervals for delivering them to thestrip-carriers.

14. In a machine for making cell-cases, the combination with the rotarypunching-rolls, the rotary rolls for cutting the strip sets andalternate partition-boards transversely from the sheet,strip-transmission mechanism and partition-board-delivery mechanism anda switch located between the rolls and between the said transmission anddelivery mechanism to divide the strip sets from the partitionboards,substantially as described.

15. In amachine for making cell-cases, the combination with the frame,of the endless link belts, the shafts, the carriers having a set offixed clamping-plates, and a corresponding set of hingedclamping-plates, pins projecting from the hinged plates, a bar pivotallyconnected to each of said pins, a'sliding plate fitted upon each of saidshafts, and means for pressing said plate against the bar to release theclamping-plates, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY I. LAHR.

Witnesses:

B. KRUEPER, O. H. SOHAFER.

